Washing-machine



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, J. MGBRIDE.

WASHING MACHINE'.

No. 337,603. ,ab Patented Mar. 9,v 1886.

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JAMES MCBRIDE, OF BAVINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-{VIACl-HNE.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,603, dated March 9,1886.

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To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES MCBRIDE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident 'of Bavington, in the county of Vashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in XVashing- Machines; and I do hereby declare that lthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis aside view of my improved washing-machine, showing the rubber lifted out of the sudsbox. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 vis a perspective view of the rubber, showing a slight modification of the same. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the inner rubber, and Fig. 5 is aperspective detail view of the mechanism for raising the wheel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre. sponding parts in all the igures.

My invention has relation to oscillating-rubber washing-machines having corrugated concave bottoms; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the suds-box,which is mounted upon four legs, B, and which is provided with a corrugated concave sheet-metal bottom, C, and with handles D at one end, by means of which handles that end may be raised, and with an inclined drip-board, E, at the upper edge of the other end, which may be corrugated as a commonwash-board.

F is the rubber,.which is of the usual construction, having rounds G upon its convex underside, or, as shown in Fig. 3, a corrugated sheet-metal under side having a number of oblong perforations, as shown at H.

The handle I has an enlargement, J, upon its middle, and slides in transverse perforations in the upper ends of the arms of the rubber, so that it may be slid to either side, allowing the operator to stand at either side of the machine.

The rubber is pivoted upon the inwardlyturned ends of two spring-arms, K,which are under the inclined drip-board,and near the middle of the arms they are coiled at L and bent at an obtuse angle to the inner portion of thesanie, which rests upon the upper edges of the side pieces of the suds-box when the rubber is in its position for work, while the outer ends, upon which the rubber is pivoted, project downward into the suds-box.

The inwardly-bent ends of the rubber-bearing arms project through the side pieces 0f the rubber, as shown at M, and an auxiliary rubber, N, having a laterally-inclined handle, O, and provided with two vertical grooves, P, in its sides, is mounted and rocks upon the said ends, and is provided with a bent rod, Q, at the upper end of its handle, which rod may be hooked into a notch, R, in the end oi one of the side pieces of the suds-box.

It will be seen that as the rubber is rocked its outer concave side will rub against the bed of the suds-box, while its inner side will rub against the convex outer side of the auxiliary rubber, thus forming two rubbing-surfaces. It will also be seen that the rubber may be swung out upon its spring-arms, resting against the upper edge of the drip-board, which will convey all the water or suds dripping off the rubber into the suds-box, and that the auxiliary rubber may be removed from the rubber by sliding it upward upon its grooves.

An axle, S, having a wheel, T, upon its middle, is journaled with one end in one of the legs of the suds-box at the end opposite to the end having the handles, and with its other end in theshort arm oalever, U, bent ata right angle and pivoted upon the inner side of the other leg at its elbow. The upper end of the lever has a perforation, V, which fits, when the wheel rests upon the ground supporting the end of the machine, upon a lug or bolt, YV, and it will be seen that by disengaging the perforated end of the lever from the lug the wheel will be forced upward, the lever tilting, allowing the machine to rest upon its legs.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. The combination of the suds-box having a concaved corrugated bed, the concavo-conlOO Vex rubber, and the auxiliary rubber having a convex under side and the described means for securing its upper end to thesuds-box and pivoted Within the rubber, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the rubber pivoted upon the inwardly-bent ends of two arms, the said arms penetrating the sides of the rubber, With the auxiliary rubber having two vertical grooves in its sides resting with their upper ends upon the ends of the penetrating arms, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination, in awashing-machine, of the suds-box having a concave corrugated sheet-metal bed or bottom, two arms pivoted at the upper edge of one end piece of the box. coiled near their middle and bent at an obtuse angle, and having their outer ends bent inward, the concavoconvex rubber pivoted at its sides upon the inwardly-bent ends of the arms, and the auxiliary rubber having convex under side having Vertical grooves rocking with their upper ends upon theinwardlybent ends of the arms, provided with a laterallyinclined handle having a bent rod adapted to be hooked into a notch in the upper edge of the side of the suds-box, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 3o in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES MCBRIDE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. MILLS, A. C. MCCLURE. 

